Day: January 3, 2017

Flu season in full swing in Tri-Cities

Flu season is in full swing in the Tri-Cities, and the area’s top public health official said it’s more important than ever to take steps to protect yourself and others from exposure. That includes washing your hands properly and often, covering your cough, staying home when you’re sick and getting a flu vaccine, said Dr. Amy Person, health officer for the Benton-Franklin Health District.

Young folks make New Yeara s Eve party tiring

It seems I’ve finally gotten to the age that New Year’s Eve sounds a little more daunting than exciting. Sure, I get to smash to death one of the weirdest years with a sledgehammer at midnight, and I get to wash the slate clean for 2017 with a new list of resolutions I’ll never achieve, much less get starting upon.

Could the bugs inside us boost weight loss?

There’s is a pressing need to tackle diabetes, which has now reached epidemic proportions, with a reported prevalence at seven per cent of Kiwi adults. Photo / File Kiwi scientists are exploring the mysterious role the bugs inside us play in regulating our diet and metabolism, in a new study revealing bacterial changes in diabetes patients who have undergone weight loss surgery.

Stent profit cap plea

New Delhi, Jan. 3: A doctors’ network today asked the government’s medical price control agency to cap the profit margins for coronary stents at 20 per cent, expressing concerns about what the network says are “huge profits” in the device industry’s supply chain. The Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Care has also told the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority to calculate the actual cost of manufacture of stents – devices used to treat patients with heart disease – in regulating their prices.

HRMC limits hospital visitation due to flu-like illnesses

Effective immediately, Haywood Regional Medical Center will begin “limited visitation” at the hospital due to the increased number of positive flu cases in our area and increased number of admissions. The rates of influenza-like illness have risen above the two percent mark in our region and the flu has been responsible for the deaths of four people in the state already.

Ending the opioid epidemic

… 500,000 persons in the United States died from drug overdoses. These casualty figures not only reflect a national health emergency, but are emblematic of a war on the American people. By comparison, approximately the same number of Americans lost …

Box office top 20: ‘Rogue One,’ ‘Sing’ lead holiday frame

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” remained the number 1 film at the box office for the third straight week, as the “Star Wars” spinoff maintained its holiday-season dominance into the new year. The Disney blockbuster sold $65.5 million in tickets in North America over the four-day weekend, according to final box-office figures Tuesday.

Gluten-Free in the CLE: The great oat debate

When leading a gluten-free life, so many hearty grains are an absolute “no.” Anything that can be safely kept within your diet is coveted – so why, although naturally gluten-free, do so many Celiac Disease sufferers still leave oats out of their diets? Sorry, the answer isn’t quite that easy.

FDA Probes Dangers of Exploding E-Cigarette Batteries

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is probing the dangers of exploding batteries in e-cigarettes, following dozens of reports of devices that have combusted, overheated or caught fire and sometimes injured users. E-cigarettes are hand-held devices that vaporize liquid nicotine.

For three-time breast cancer survivor, Obamacare only hope

A sign placed out on the 16th Street Mall, beckons people to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act in 2014. For people like me, it isn’t just a theoretical concern that President-elect Trump and Congress will gamble with our healthcare system by repealing Obamacare without a comprehensive replacement plan.

Over 530K Tennesseans wait to see what Congress does on Obamacare

Hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans covered by President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act are watching what a Republican-dominated Congress will do with the health care law now that members are back in session. On the other hand, those Tennesseans who remain uninsured because of high rates say they are hoping the new President-elect follows through with promises of repealing Obamacare with something more affordable.

Compensation, Health Care Costs, and Inequality , by Amy Willis

What sorts of benefits do you receive from your employer that aren’t included in your take-home pay or on your income tax returns? We don’t all have “free” cafeterias and laundry and fitness facilities, like Google . If you do have these kinds of amenities, how do you assess their value in terms of your overall compensation? Setting these cultural amenities aside for now*, probably most of us have health care that is covered, at least in part, by our employers.

Bill and Melinda Gates have invested $140 million in new PrEp pump device

Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company Intarcia Therapeutics is moving forward with plans to market a subcutaneous device that would deliver a daily dose of the anti-retroviral medicine. They’ve just secured $206 million in funding to better research the mini-osmotic pump; a tiny implant that is inserted beneath the skin in order to treat chronic illnesses like HIV and Type II diabetes.

Munchkin Is the Cutest Dog in DC

The winner of Washingtonian ‘s 2016 Cutest Dog Competition is Munchkin ! A panel of independent judges selected Munchkin from the Top 10 vote-getters in the contest. Munchkin isn’t just cute, he’s a hero, as indicated by his photo AND his bio: This is Munchkin, my 14 yr old Beagle Rescue.

First baby of the year at WDMH

… to Ontario Power Generation for an incredibly generous donation of $10,000 to our new Community Addiction and Mental Health Centre, just in time for the holidays. CCHF Foundation is grateful for OPG’s support to help keep our community healthy. …

The Bottom Line Of Your New Year’s Resolution

… still aren’t convinced, or your habit is a little less drastic than that, check out this infographic from Guard Your Health that elaborates how much cash you are losing to tobacco. If you are committing to one new year’s resolution, for both your …

Directors Guild Denies Violating Obamacare

… medicine and avoided surgeries, but according to the lawsuit, he was told in October 2014 that the DGA Producer Health Plan wouldn’t pay for naturopathic care. He and Grossman claim that the refusal of coverage violates the Affordable Care Act’s …

Do you really need to visit A and E?

The public are being asked to consider using other healthcare services rather than Accident and Emergency , as A&E departments are under pressure following a busy weekend and bank holiday Monday. Foluke Ajayi, Chief Operating Officer at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are currently experiencing increased pressure in both our A&E departments at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital, and we are calling on the public to again help us.